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Spaced-Retrieval Effects on Memory for Scenes in Older Adults with Probable Alzheimer's Disease

Degree

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Department

Psychology

Advisory Committee

Advisor Name

Title

Katie E Cherry

Committee Chair

Emily Marie Elliott

Committee Member

Jason Hicks

Committee Member

Keywords

Alzheimer's disease

memory intervention

spaced-retrieval

Date of Defense

2006-07-05

Availability

unrestricted

Abstract

Previous studies have found the spaced-retrieval memory intervention technique to be successful in training people with probable Alzheimer’s disease (AD) to learn new, simple associations. In the present study, we expanded on these previous findings by training eight participants with probable AD to learn the names and pictures of countries via spaced retrieval. We demonstrated the flexibility of the technique, gave insight as to the effects of distracters on the spaced-retrieval training performance, and demonstrated the memorial effects of adding pictorial support to the text.